Houston Astros 7, Montreal Expos 2

Game Played on Sunday, August 28, 1977 (Day game) at Astrodome

Expos        1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  4
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  5  x  -   7  9  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Puhl cf               4   2   2   0     1   1   .296
Cromartie lf          4   1   1   0     0   2   .282      Howard lf             5   1   3   0     0   0   .244
Dawson cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .280      Howe 2b               4   2   0   0     0   1   .261
Perez 1b              3   0   2   1     1   0   .283      Cruz rf               3   1   2   1     2   1   .298
Carter c              4   0   2   1     0   0   .276      Ferguson 1b           5   1   2   4     0   2   .251
Mejias rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Herrmann c            5   0   0   0     0   2   .277
Parrish 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .244      Sperring 3b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .193
Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Metzger ss            1   0   0   0     3   0   .179
Rogers p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .101      Bannister p           3   0   0   0     0   1   .216
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   6   2     2   3             Totals               33   7   9   5     7   9

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  8,587
Left on Base: Expos 6, Astros 11
DP: Expos 0, Astros 0
Errors: Carter, Mejias, Parrish, Speier
Doubles: Perez (24), Dawson (18), Carter (21), Cruz (28)
Home Runs: Ferguson (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Howe (1), Bannister (5)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers L(14-13)         7.2   9   7   7   7   9   1  41   3.10
McEnaney                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.02
Totals                  8     9   7   7   7   9   1  42

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister W(5-7)        8     6   2   2   2   2   0  32   4.39
McLaughlin              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.97
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   3   0  35

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Jerry Crawford


EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Cromartie
singled; Dawson flied out to center; Perez doubled [Cromartie
scored]; Carter singled [Perez to third]; Mejias flied out to
right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Puhl struck out; Howard made an out to third; Howe
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish made an out to second; Speier flied out to
center; Rogers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz walked; Ferguson forced Cruz (shortstop to
second); Herrmann flied out to right; Sperring walked [Ferguson
to second]; Metzger reached on an error by Parrish [Ferguson to
third, Sperring to second, Metzger to first]; Bannister grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie
struck out; Dawson doubled; Perez walked; Carter doubled [Dawson
scored, Perez to third]; Mejias flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Puhl walked; Howard singled [Puhl to second]; Howe
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Puhl to third, Howard
to second]; Cruz struck out; Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish made an out to third; Speier grounded out
(third to first); Rogers grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Herrmann struck out; Sperring reached on an error by
Speier [Sperring to first]; Metzger walked [Sperring to second];
Bannister out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sperring to
third, Metzger to second]; Puhl grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Cash flied out to left; Cromartie struck out; Dawson
walked; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Howard made an out to shortstop; Howe flied out to
left; Cruz doubled; Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 2, Astros 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Carter made an out to shortstop; Mejias flied out to
right; Parrish grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Herrmann struck out; Sperring grounded out
(shortstop to first); Metzger walked; Bannister struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Speier flied out to right; Rogers grounded out
(second to first); Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Puhl singled; Howard singled [Puhl to second]; Howe
forced Howard (third to second) [Puhl to third]; Cruz walked
[Howe to second]; Ferguson singled [Puhl scored, Howe scored,
Cruz to second]; Herrmann grounded out (first to pitcher) [Cruz
to third, Ferguson to second]; Sperring struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 2.

EXPOS 8TH: Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Dawson
grounded out (third to first); Perez singled; Carter flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 2.

ASTROS 8TH: Metzger walked; Bannister made an out to first; Puhl
singled [Metzger to second]; Howard singled [Metzger to third,
Puhl to second]; Howe forced Metzger (shortstop to catcher)
[Puhl scored (error by Carter) (no RBI), Howard scored (no RBI),
Howe to third]; Cruz singled to right [Howe scored, Cruz to
third (error by Mejias)]; Ferguson homered [Cruz scored];
MCENANEY REPLACED ROGERS (PITCHING); Herrmann flied out to
center; 5 R, 4 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 7.

EXPOS 9TH: MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Mejias made
an out to shortstop; Parrish struck out; Speier flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 7.